Scholarships and Fellowships

News about Scholarships and Fellowships, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 10, 2015

Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush exchange compliments in joint appearance at graduation ceremony for participants in joint Presidential Leadership scholarship program, held at George W Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. MORE

Jun. 28, 2015

Rob Walker The Workologist column addresses concerns about coworkers at scholarship assistance organization who seem to show favoritism to young people with outgoing personalities, and managers who seem uninterested in shifting trend. MORE

May. 31, 2015

Chuck Lorre and actors on “The Big Bang Theory” have set up a fund for a science scholarship at U.C.L.A. MORE

Mar. 31, 2015

Rhodes Scholarship program prepares to expand to China; many alumni see move as long overdue but express concerns that Communist Party will try to influence selection of students. MORE

Mar. 12, 2015

New York Times College Scholarship program awards scholarships to 13 high-achieving students from poor families who have overcome adversity; program includes mentoring, internships at The New York Times Company and financial help for college. MORE

Jan. 29, 2015

More than 60 scholars draft letter in support of Russia scholar Stephen F Cohen, sharp critic of America's foreign policy in Ukraine who is at center of deep controversy in world of post-Soviet studies; Cohen and his wife cancelled a generous fellowship program in partnership with Assn for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies after some of its members protested Cohen's involvement. MORE

Jan. 18, 2015

Nov. 24, 2014

Media outlets have taken role of internships and repackaged them as fellowships, largely a semantic shift; some editors say distinction between an internship and a fellowship is very real in terms of learning experience, offering more of a pipeline for a permanent position, but critics say lines are increasingly blurred. MORE

Oct. 29, 2014

Decision by the Big Ten athletic conference to guarantee its athletic scholarships for four years represents shift in power toward college athletes; change is also seen as a move toward the spirit of amateurism, given the similarity between one-year scholarships and employment contracts. MORE

Sep. 26, 2014

South Carolina announces it will guarantee four-year scholarships for football and men’s basketball players and will offer students getting full scholarships the 'full cost of attendance,' an amount several thousand dollars higher than a current scholarship, should the NCAA make that permissible. MORE

Sep. 16, 2014

The Upshot; nonprofit organization QuestBridge has quietly become one of biggest players in elite-college admissions; on some top campuses, a few hundred high-achieving, low-income students come from the program. MORE

Sep. 10, 2014

About 100 children who lost a parent in Sept 11 attacks will begin their college education with full scholarships from Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, formed a week after attacks; it will continue to provide scholarships through 2030. MORE

Aug. 5, 2014

Donald E Graham sold The Washington Post to Jeff Bezos for $250 million in 2013, but stays busy running his business enterprise Graham Holdings; company had 2013 revenue of $3.4 billion and recent quarterly revenue of $878.6 million; Graham is starting scholarship fund TheDream.US for undocumented immigrants. MORE

Aug. 4, 2014

Hillary Clinton, who regularly commands $200,000 for speeches, speaks for free in her adopted hometown of Chappaqua, NY, to address seven high school seniors at their graduation from Chappaqua Summer Scholarship Program. MORE

May. 22, 2014

Growing number of high school students have discovered an alternative route to college through fringe sports like rugby; more than 180 collegiate rugby clubs have started in the last four years, creating more financial aid opportunities; roughly 100 women and 75 men across the country, including many minorities, received rugby scholarships in 2013. MORE

Mar. 6, 2014

The New York Times announces the names of 10 recipients of four-year college scholarships for 2014. MORE

Jan. 18, 2014

Mikhail Baryshnikov announces campaign to raise $1 million for artistic fellowships named for composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham that would give artists place to work in studio at Baryshnikov Arts Center. MORE

Dec. 19, 2013

Op-Ed article by Stan Stojkovic, dean at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, notes the Creative Corrections Education Foundation, which provides college scholarships for children whose parents are incarcerated; holds program, which is in part funded by inmates, is reminder that people in prison are capable of doing good and supporting their families and communities. MORE

Nov. 11, 2013

The T Fellowship, administered by Columbia, aims to support emerging theatrical producers through a stipend and mentoring. MORE

Nov. 1, 2013

An anonymous donor established a fellowship for the study of hip-hop, naming it after Nas. MORE

Oct. 13, 2013

Chuck Klosterman The Ethicist column answers questions about paying a car mechanic who fixed a problem without realizing it and a wealthy person with hearing problems applying for a merit-based scholarship for people with severe hearing loss. MORE

Oct. 9, 2013

A gift of $60 million from Bruce and Suzie Kovner will fund music student fellowships to pay for tuition, fees, room and board, and a stipend. MORE

Sep. 29, 2013

Catherine Rampell It's the Economy column notes trend in which many state-university systems, and even states themselves, shift financial aid away from lower-income students toward wealthier ones with better grades; says strategy, which earns schools more tuition, is shortsighted because it limits overall pool of residents who can earn college-level skills, and improve economic prospects of their state's entire population. MORE

Sep. 13, 2013

American Ballet Theater has begun a partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and regional ballet companies aimed at increasing the number of dancers from minority groups. MORE

Sep. 8, 2013

College scholarship is being offered by Gamers Helping Gamers, nonprofit founded by group of successful young New Yorkers to help those who play fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering; idea behind scholarship is to help intelligent students who could benefit from extra social engagement. MORE

Apr. 25, 2013

Op-Ed column by Yu Hua examines importance of announcement by American private equity executive Stephen A Schwarzman that he will create $300 million scholarship for foreign students to attend Tsinghua University; contends investment shows that Western businesses will have to learn how to defer to Chinese government and ingratiate themselves with officials to make money in China. MORE

Apr. 21, 2013

Private-equity tycoon Stephen A Schwarzman is creating scholarship program to pay all expenses for 200 students each year from around the world for one-year master’s program at Beijing's Tsinghua University; hopes program will rival Rhodes scholarship in prestige and influence while giving him and his firm Blackstone Group increased access to Chinese leaders. MORE

Mar. 6, 2013

Each year, the Lilly fellowships offer five young poets prestige, publicity and — most elusive of all — money. The latest crop of winners represents how important, and how controversial, these awards have become. MORE

Mar. 5, 2013

The New York Times announces the eight 2013 recipients of four-year college scholarships. MORE

Jan. 10, 2013

Famous names from fashion industry attend the YMA FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria. MORE

Dec. 12, 2012

University of Oklahoma enrolls more National Merit scholars than any other public university, providing them with extensive support, financial aid and other perks; university's policies touch on long-running debate about ethics of aid based on merit rather than financial need, especially at state schools. MORE

Sep. 16, 2012

Thiel Fellowships, started by Silicon Valley investor Peter A Thiel, pay young people $50,000 a year for two years to forgo college and to plunge into the real world of science, technology and business; 44 fellows have been chosen over the last two years; some projects include a smartphone game app and a rotating solar panel. MORE

Sep. 16, 2012

Ted C Fishman article analyzes effects of the Kalamazoo Promise, program guaranteeing college tuition for any student who graduates from Kalamazoo, Mich, high schools; program is funded by unnamed donors who are betting that education is the smartest investment an economically challenged community like Kalamazoo can make. MORE

Jul. 22, 2012

Many private colleges and universities are offering sizable amounts of merit money, aid based mainly on academic promise, rather than lose bright students to less-expensive public colleges. MORE

May. 22, 2012

Growing number of states have or are considering scholarship tax-credit programs to finance private school tuition for poor children; interviews and documents reveal, however, that some of these programs are using the money to attract star football players, expand the payrolls of the nonprofit scholarship groups and spread the theology of creationism instead of helping needy students. MORE

May. 16, 2012

Jim Dwyer About New York column profiles Chris Navas, Queens college graduate who went from fixing boilers to Dartmouth Medical School; notes Navas and seven other graduates are set to receive the first installment of a scholarship named for Jonas E Salk, graduate of City College of New York who developed a vaccine for polio in 1955. MORE

May. 2, 2012

Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column charges that the $13.5 million in full scholarships that America gave Lebanese public-school students has bought much more friendship and stability than the $1.3 billion sent to Egypt's military; argues that using foreign aid to promote education, not military support, is the way to encourage democracy in the Arab world. MORE

Apr. 15, 2012

DeVry University will offer Olympic athletes full or partial scholarships, with sticker prices of up to $60,000, through 2016. MORE

Apr. 3, 2012

Junior-market animal and art auctions at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo are some of the biggest college scholarship fund-raisers in Texas, with sales totaling $9.2 million in 2012; money is split between paying the college tuition of the high school students who raised the animals and the livestock show's educational fund, which finances scholarships, research grants, graduate assistantships and other programs. MORE

Mar. 9, 2012

Fund for Public Advocacy, a nonprofit arm of the office of New York City's public advocate, announces the 10 recipients of a new college scholarship for illegal immigrants, the first such program in New York State; first round of scholarships was open only to undergraduates in the City University of New York system. MORE

Feb. 25, 2012

The New York Times announces the eight 2012 recipients of four-year college scholarships. MORE

Dec. 23, 2011

Ivy League athletic teams are benefiting from new and substantially enhanced financial aid policies aimed at all admitted students that have made it easier to recruit elite athletes; league does not award athletic scholarships, but the conference has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in additional need-based aid, with most of the universities eliminating student loans and essentially doubling the size of grants for middle-income families. MORE

Dec. 23, 2011

New financial-aid initiatives instituted throughout Ivy League have introduced new benefits and veiled complications for athletics recruiters. MORE

Oct. 28, 2011

NCAA Division 1 Board of Directors approves package of sweeping changes to scholarship rules; other college sports news noted. MORE

Jun. 26, 2011

Law is set to go into effect in Connecticut that will require universities in the state to disclose more information about their scholarships for athletes; other college athletics news noted. MORE

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